Apple Withdraws 17.3 Beta 2 IOS Update Due To IPhone Damage

Illustration of the iPhone that is error due to the installation of the latest iOS beta (photo: dock. unsplash)

JAKARTA Apple baru merilis iOS 17.3 beta 2 untuk paradeveloper pada Rabu, 3 Januari. Tak lama setelah dirilis, update ini harus ditarik karena instalasinya yang merusak sejumlah iPhone.

From the 9to5mac report, the installation of iOS 17.3 beta 2 caused an unlimited reboot so that the phone only displays the Apple logo when it turns on. In addition, several iPhones forcibly reset factories after downloading the update.

Reports of this issue continue to appear on social media such as platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and Reddit. Of the many reports that have emerged, the problem of thebootloop and reset of this factory only occurs on the iPhone 14series and iPhone 15series.

Apple hasn't responded to this issue yet, but a developer named Guilherme Rambo suspects that this issue is related to the Back Tap feature on the iPhone. Regardless of the cause, Apple has acted quickly by pulling the update.

If your phone experiences abootloop due to installations from the latest iOS beta 2, there are ways that can be done to fix the problem. However, this method should use a MacBook device.

First, download the 17.3 beta 1 IPSW software on the MacBook you are using, then connect the iPhone to the MacBook. After that, press the top volume button and bottom volume, then press and hold the side button.

When the recovery screen appears, open Finder on MacBook or iMazing to restore IPSW. If you use iMazing, the data on your device will be safe, while recovering using Finder will automatically delete data.